{"id":149,"date":"2024-08-26T14:38:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T14:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/olivia-mello-portfolio\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2025-07-09T16:23:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T16:23:45","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/olivia-mello-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"298\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/olivia-mello-portfolio\/home\/69999cd2-75c5-46e2-8d24-247486dd1c07_1_105_c\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/olivia-mello-portfolio\/files\/2025\/03\/69999CD2-75C5-46E2-8D24-247486DD1C07_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"757,1040\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"69999CD2-75C5-46E2-8D24-247486DD1C07_1_105_c\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/olivia-mello-portfolio\/files\/2025\/03\/69999CD2-75C5-46E2-8D24-247486DD1C07_1_105_c-218x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/olivia-mello-portfolio\/files\/2025\/03\/69999CD2-75C5-46E2-8D24-247486DD1C07_1_105_c-745x1024.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/olivia-mello-portfolio\/files\/2025\/03\/69999CD2-75C5-46E2-8D24-247486DD1C07_1_105_c-745x1024.jpeg\" alt class=\"wp-image-298\" style=\"width:263px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/olivia-mello-portfolio\/files\/2025\/03\/69999CD2-75C5-46E2-8D24-247486DD1C07_1_105_c-745x1024.jpeg 745w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/olivia-mello-portfolio\/files\/2025\/03\/69999CD2-75C5-46E2-8D24-247486DD1C07_1_105_c-218x300.jpeg 218w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/olivia-mello-portfolio\/files\/2025\/03\/69999CD2-75C5-46E2-8D24-247486DD1C07_1_105_c.jpeg 757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hi! I\u2019m Olivia Mel\u00adlo, a 2025 grad\u00adu\u00adate of the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Con\u00adnecti\u00adcut with a dou\u00adble major in Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion and Jour\u00adnal\u00adism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m cur\u00adrent\u00adly a Social Media Intern with Hart\u00adford Ath\u00adlet\u00adic, a pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal soc\u00adcer club, where I help man\u00adage con\u00adtent across mul\u00adti\u00adple plat\u00adforms. My respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties include cap\u00adtur\u00ading and post\u00ading live game-time con\u00adtent, as well as assist\u00ading in the day-to-day plan\u00adning and exe\u00adcu\u00adtion of social media cam\u00adpaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have hands-on expe\u00adri\u00adence in pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adphy, video edit\u00ading, and graph\u00adic design, and I\u2019m pas\u00adsion\u00adate about cre\u00adat\u00ading engag\u00ading, dynam\u00adic con\u00adtent that res\u00adonates with diverse audi\u00adences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly, I was a Con\u00adtent Cre\u00adation Intern with UConn Ath\u00adlet\u00adics, where I con\u00adtributed to sev\u00ader\u00adal of the university\u2019s Tik\u00adTok accounts, includ\u00ading @uconnstudents, @uconnhuskies, @uconnmhoc, @uconnwsoccer, and @uconnbsb. I also held a sum\u00admer intern\u00adship with Kris\u00adten McCo\u00adry Inte\u00adri\u00adors in Farm\u00ading\u00adton, CT, where I worked on rebrand\u00ading their Insta\u00adgram page through orig\u00adi\u00adnal graph\u00adics and video con\u00adtent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m always look\u00ading to grow in the social and dig\u00adi\u00adtal media space and would love to con\u00adtin\u00adue build\u00ading cre\u00adative, strat\u00ade\u00adgy-dri\u00adven con\u00adtent for brands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social media is a great tool to help pro\u00admote your\u00adself as a brand and be able to reach out to as many peo\u00adple as pos\u00adsi\u00adble to con\u00adtin\u00adue to grow and con\u00adnect with dif\u00adfer\u00adent gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions and con\u00adsumers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Con\u00adtact me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melloolivia4@gmail.com or through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/olivia-mello-b49133269\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/olivia-mello-b49133269\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/olivia-mello-portfolio\/resume\/\">View my resume<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! 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